The Butler weekly times., 1887-02-02
MISSING LINKS.
Baltimore people read by gas that
costs only 90 cents Der thousand feet.

costs only 90 cents per thousand feet
Lead pipes are said not 10 be affected
by water if kept constantly filed. II
alternately filed and emptiei the pipes
are readily affected.
Judge Tourgee mas for the subject of
his lecture this winter, Give Us
Rest. The title is exceedingly popular
with most lecture audiences.
The exclusive right OF selling opium
on the lsthmus of Panama has been pur-
chased by aChinaman for $4,000 The
government will use the money in re-
ducing the national debt
There is one post-otfice to everv 6S3
people in Canada, and the Dominion
has more pest-ofiices to the same num-
Der Of people than any other country in
the world. In this republic there is one
post-oliice b every 1902 inhabitants.
William Weightman. of Philadelphia,
is considered tolerably weighty man
financially He is one of the heads of
the great pinine concern of that city,
| and has shaken about $50. 900, 900 out of
| the people.
Cornell University will confer no hon.
orary degrees hereafter. and to become
a doctor oilaws under the new rules OF
that institution it will be necessary for
man to ell who Blackstone and Chit
ty were md what Kent and Stevens
wrote.
1t is saidthat the lazy Sultan of Mo-
rocco has he most luxurious tricycle. in
the world. He sits cross.legged upon
An embossed couch. curtained and
canopied With silk and silver and gold.
while the machine is being propelled by
slave labor
AdmiralPorter proposes to write an
other bo0 as soon rs his health has
grown bdter. He received $4,000
bonus for his naval history and gets :.
royalty of20 per cent on all the books
sold. This far he has received about
$4,000 in all.
Allen horndike Rice. editor of the
North Anerscan Rev e,0. is brunette
He wearssmall, black side-whiske:s. j.
of medium height. has frank, oper
expression and very expressive eyes. HI
always desses neatly and is very pleas
ant and oliet in his manners.
In Harrisburg. Pa. recently, 2-year
old child got hold of bottle of whisk!
, nnG drant two ounces 1t then fell in
TO q drunken stupor, and its life VA
saved with difficulty. It came out Q
the stupo' with every indication Of hav
ing q tremendous head. aud demande
water continuously.
The fence law of Georgia. which hs
had the effect OF keeping hogs fros
J roaming unrostrained through III
woods. hs also had the effect Of great
\ increasing the number Of skunks in IL
state. Hsys arc particularly fond I
yong skmks, and dsvoured many .
them when the woods were open
: stock.
A resident Of Danbury. c.. touche
his finger recently to . well-charge
, electric-wre. ..iust for the fun of Il
thing" and was instantly knocke
down, AMI didn't recover for sevor
hours He was considerably frighteno'
and more so when told that if he hi
grasped the wire he would have be-
killed.
!. German steamers and sailing vesst
are crow,iing out their British compe
tors on the Chinese coast Germ;
masters aad sailors are willing to wo
for much less pay than British seam
OF the same class, while their stea
> vessels are so fitted rs to be run We
- cheaply. The consequence is that tn
are taking the coastwise and fore'
;. trade.
A titled foreigner complains th
Americans do not understand tho me-
od OF address to lords. Some call Q
of these imporlalions plain "Mr'
others say Your hiyhness," and 9TH
Your honor. Your lordship' a
INV lord are common means of ,
dress. But there are others. among
most sensible people, who say X
SIR" or Il am glad to know you. sir.
In Montreal, Canada, recently. d
Il tor who had an account with
| printer agreed to take his pay in wo
il After he had had all the printing az
Il that he desired there still remained
II balance. and, as his wife was very 81
i he decided to have some blank fune
i notices struck off with her name
d them. He locked them in his desk.
u wife got well and found them. and n
| she talks OF getting divorce.
4 A Picton (CanadO citizen has a o
Il of remarkable intelligence which he
Il taught several curious tricks One OF
es tricks is to strike match and holt
81 for the doctor to light his pipe. l
/ trick it began rehearsing in the doct
q absence not long ago. dropped ma
Il on some loose paper on the floor. set
n woodwork OF 3 window ablaze. and
sl dwelling narrowly escaped destruct'
II The bird will be sold.
What the friend of the family s
oI '.lt is, indeed. . lovely child. ]
Il Yungkuple." Who does it look lii
y well, lis eyes resemble yours; but
mouth reminds me more Of" etc.
What he means: Great Cesar! v
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